Featured It is becoming a growing new collection... Cross pendant!

Any Jewelry, its an absolute beauty and I m sure its also very wearable!

 

Fascinating! I love the shape, and learning about Martapura diamonds!!!

My bunch of crosses arrived today.... Kyratisation in progress.... Cursing involved

 

Thank you, and yes it is very wearable. Only problem with wearing it, is that I can't see it.

Unusual, isn't it?

Good luck!

I wouldn't expect it any other way.

 

So, big cross arrived, I tested it and it is indeed silver and a thin plaque of 18k gold
Cursing was for breaking the C clasp which was soft and flatened.
Having to remove the soldered brooch induced some more cursing as heating didn't make the trick had to cut the findings and file the remains.

 

The three micro mosaic crosses are kyratised (the small Roma one had only one tessera missing)
The big one got a stone from my stash to replace the missing Pope photo

The red one is my favorite!!!

 

Ha! That's why I prefer rings to... Earrings!

 

Gorgeous now that it this clened up!

 

It looks much happier now. And that Javanese cross... the seller blew it there! I'd love to find some of those "marcasites" too!

 

My two favourites, one is beaten to hell but I still like it.

 

Interesting description of a cross pendant.

 

That opal one is awesome.

 

It fought back

 

More like it won. I don't wanna hear from the other guy.

 

Spanish Train Chris de Burgh
God and the Devil arguing over a dying man’s soul by playing poker. Just brilliant.

 

Chris DeBurgh is my era. His theology is a bit..odd.(LOL) Got news for 'im though - God always wins; you can't cheat someone who's all-knowing and all-seeing.

 

A very rare silver cannetille and filigree cross from Dutch Brabant, my neck of the woods. Probably 1840s.
Brabant crosses are usually gold and more grand, and suspended from an even grander jewel. This one is more humble but very pretty. (And affordable.)

 

Yay!!! It is stunning.

 

and with any luck, going for peanuts anywhere but near its point of origin!

 

I believe I bought it from a seller in another province, but even if it was sold here, most people wouldn't recognize it. I had a feeling of what it could be, but had to do a lot of research before I could be sure.

Dutch Brabant jewellery is not nearly as well known as that from the Western provinces, and pre-1860 Brabant jewellery is very rare. There was a change around that time, women here abandoned traditional jewellery and began to wear regular fashion jewellery with their regional dress. It is still recognizable as Brabant jewellery though, because it is a bit more ott than regular jewellery of the time.